Official
Name: The Enshroudment of the Veil
Symbol/Flag: Hooded kohl Painted Eyes, on a Black
Background
Capital: Cindyry
Government: Mystical Oligarchy
Population: 2,898,000 Cindars, 150 Woed, 1,500 Kay-inin,
and 2,914,800 Jer Ang
Military
Rating:
(Level)5,(Shield)3,(Defense)0,(Weapon Style)Falchion/1Spell List
Wealth: Very Rich
Technology:
Iron
Worship: Reincarnation, and (Underground Cult) of
Rebirth and Death.
Calendar: Cindar
Cindyry: (584,000), [Horses, Wheat, Pottery, Jewelry, and Cod] Description: Cindyry is a city of muted sunlight and vibrant colours, with its
multi-coloured cobblestone streets, universally covered by arching brick work
arbors; The flowering vinery dangling
down to brush the streets below, thus keeping the citizens cool even in the
height of summer. It is from these
arbors, called the Veils of Mystery, that the nation derives its name. It is rumoured outside of the Enshroudment
that these Veils as it were, permeated harmony, and Tranquillity while you are
within them. Legend has it that this is
due to the fact that hidden somewhere in the midst of this labyrinth of veils a
copse of Woeds lives. Be this so, or
not, the Veils of mystery still rank as the Third Marvel of the world. It is also rumoured that a large marble
cavern once dominated the centre of Cindyry, and was the home of their
Soothsayer/Queen, She Who Sees. This
rock was said to tower alone forty feet tall in the centre of the grasslands
upon which the city was built. These
caves would assuredly have been a Marvel of the world if they had not been
destroyed when the present edifice of the She Who Sees was built over four
centuries ago. Banner: Coral.
Wendyl: (712,000), [Horses, Copper, Sapphires,
Trout, Steel, and Cattle]
Description: The city of Wendyl
over centuries of careful planning, started for reasons unknown by the city
founders, has developed into a shape reminiscent of a gigantic starfish. Famous for its bazaars and fine horses,
Wendyl is also home to the annual tourney, at which new warriors are chosen,
and She Who Sees accepts new consorts.
This fair is always held in the very centre of the 'starfish' which is
year round the heart blood of this thriving metropolis. Although technically not within the city,
Wendyl has also adopted the Crypts, which are a vast sprawling series of man
made subterranean mausoleums, which house all of the ashes of the dead
Consorts, and those of the She Who Sees as well, who ever was, from the first
to the last, or so it is claimed. It is
well documented, and therefore, I believe it to be true, that any who have
ventured into the crypts, if they emerge, never seem to be the same to the
people who knew them well. In fact,
they always assume a different name henceforth. The only exception to this rule appears to be those who have
undergone the rites of Consort, or Acolyte.
This I am willing to put credence to only because of the fact that the
Crypts are still growing year by year.
The Crypts of Wendyl there-by rank as the Eleventh Marvel of the
world. The other adopted creation of
Cindar ingenuity is the Astro-Lab, situated upon Crag Hill, which ironically
enough is the tallest mountain within the Maiden Range, but is surrounded by a
series of knife edged hills within the misty valleys separating the Maiden
Range from the smaller Cradle Mountains.
It is from the summit of crag hill that the Cindars were first able to
map the Seas of Heaven, scanning stars and moons with greater detail than the
eye can see. It was from these
observations that the peoples of K' Jerang-Ti were first made aware that Crae-Ti,
and Glaen-Ti, were in fact whole other worlds that circle the Sun along with
our own. Some cultures, the Oso, and
Ni-kie in particular have dismissed these findings as mere propaganda, but it
is not so. the Astro-Lab ranks as the
Sixth Marvel of the world. Banner:
Emerald
Bryanal: (889,000), [Wheat, Salmon, Silver, Masonry,
Wine, and Ale] Description: Bryanal, is a fishing town gone mad, that
has ignored improbable odds, to become the largest native city of the
Enshroudment. Unfortunately what they
gained in prosperity the citizens of Bryanal, beyond a doubt lost in
aesthetics. Although pleasant enough to
live in, if you don't mind the smell of fish, and seaweed, Bryanal could never
be called pretty by any stretch of the imagination. Banner: Sapphire
Roblyn: (99,000), [Shellfish, Shark, Swordfish, Boat
Building, Gold, and Wheat]
Description: Possibly the most
unpleasant of Enshroudment cities, Roblyn's citizenry are generally surly,
bigoted and self-righteous, and the city's squat flat buildings seem to reflect
this attitude. They constantly complain
that they were by-passed during the phase in which the Marvels of the
Astro-Lab, the Veils of Mystery, and the Crypts were built, and have never
forgiven the She Who Sees for this over sight, despite the obvious reasons for
this being the case, such as the archaic little ferry that is still the only
way into the city, across the Murky River.
Banner: Ivory
Chadwyk: (36,000), [Horses, iron, and Potatoes] Description: Chadwyk is essentially a military city, and its entire lay out
from start to finish reflects this, for it is here that fledgling warriors of
the Enshroudment are trained.
Banner: Jade
Narryyws: (1,000), [Tuna, Frogs, and Snails] Description: The only thing of note within this town, and the only thing that
got it on the map is its food, the fisher folk of Narryyws, have developed an
incredible repertoire of cuisine that one would hardly believe if you haven't
tasted it. Banner: None
Kcheryys: (75,000), [Shipbuilding, Float Boat Hulls,
Tigers Eye Gems, Tin, and Iron]
Description: Nothing of note.
Vyllas: (19,000), [none] Description: Vyllas is a
brooding fortress of red granite, that was built by the Cindars in order to
maintain dominance over the Land bridge Isles, which were originally their only
link to the Jer Ang Gynarchy. It has,
for all intents and purposes, lost its reason for being, with the advent of the
sailing ship, four centuries ago. However
there is still one reason that Vyllas is famed and that is the anomaly called
the Null. The Null is a fresh water
pool, in the midst of the salt water Farewell Sea, that springs from an unknown
source below the waves, Without the Null, which was originally discovered by
the Nundanni, it is a fact that the world would still be a virtual
unknown. For with-out the fresh water
of the Null, ancient mariners would have been unable to cross these vast
expanses of salt water. The Null is
thus rated as the Eighth Marvel of the world.
Banner: Magma
Allessana: *Conquered* (1,857,000), [Champagne, Wine,
Rattan, Papyrus, Books, and Chariots]
Description: Allessana is a
metropolis, that has only a few things going for it; It is the Capital of the Jer Ang Province of the Enshroudment, It
houses the largest collection of books in the world in the huge blue veined
marble Repository of Knowledge, the bottom level of which is lined with
polished fire opals. Standing seven
stories high in the southern half of the city it is ranked as the Fifth Marvel
of the world. On the northern most edge
of the city, right beside the main road stands the Monolith. It is a large rough cut chunk of basalt
stone, engraved with myriad runes, and wards.
Originally built to aid the scholars of the Repository of Knowledge, it
instead has made Allessana the most dangerous and corrupt metropolis in the
entire world. It is said that the
Reginat in Jer-Angga thanked Progin aloud, when the city fell to the
Enshroudment.
The Monolith stands thirty feet
tall, and is ten feet wide at the base.
The Runes that it is engraved with are said to heighten the powers of
the mind, ( +10 to all Reasoning statistics for 1 kilometer/Level). The Monolith is the Twelfth Marvel of the
world. Banner: Fire Opal
Davian: *Conquered* (32,000), [Salmon, Tuna, Cod,
and Herring] Description: Davian is a very meticulous city, with
everything kept in its proper place, but it certainly does stink; Love thy mate truly, plug her nose, as the
Davian natives are prone to say.
Banner: Diamond (Gossamer).
Cavess: *Conquered* (418,000), [Clams, Hardwood
Lumber, Squid, and Ink]
Description: Renowned for its
marvelous harbour, and beautiful sunsets, Cavess, though not a naturally pretty
city has been blessed to such by nature.
Banner: Ruby
Dissah: *Conquered* (24,000), [iron] Description: Bleak mining town, and nothing more to say. Banner:
Amber
Burmin: *Conquered* (98,000), [Beef Jerky, Dairy Products, and Poultry] Description: Nestled between the twin mountains called the Gates of Burmin, this agrarian city was a key defense for the Jer Ang Gynarchy. With its recent fall to the Cindars, the way is now open to the complete conquest of the Gynarchy. Burmin itself is a cross betwixt a farmyard market and a royal pageant, dominated by the large castle which was so essential to its wealth and well being through out the war. Banner: Garnet
The
Cindars are an altruistic people, willing to adopt any race or creed into the folds
of their own providing they adhere to the Cindar way of life. Women are regarded
as beautiful and cherished beings to be doted upon and savoured. Modes of clothing are varied though the more
expensive and fine cloths are appreciated by the Cindar people. Originally fisher folk the Cindars are
highly superstitious and overly sensitive of national pride. Due to this the Cindars are constantly
embroiled in politics and war produced from insults both imagined and proven.
The
Cindar society is ruled by She Of The Veil and her Consorts. Their combined rule is absolute.
Climate
in The Veil is temperate and dry making the area ideal for grasslands and the
steading of Horse Ranges. The warm
water currents provide excellent fishing therefore supporting the first export
of The Veil.
Horses
are not sold to foreign cultures but they do export Fish and Wheat in great
quantities.
Originally
a group of herder/hunter folk, unaware
of war, the Cindar people had enjoyed a five millennium long period of
peace. However upon the death of the Consort
Prime $, the Cindar people for the first time went to war. Inept and undisciplined in their first
encounter with the superior Jer Ang charioteers, the Cindar beach head was established at the cost of one hundred
thousand lives, but eventually
Davian was captured. Since this battle,
over five centuries ago the people of the Enshroudment have become the premier
aggressors in the world, and there is no end of the war in sight.